Month: November 2014

The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Agriculture and Industry has released its eagerly awaited report on the inquiry into country of origin labelling for food. Country of origin remains a “hot topic” with key...

The ACCC has instituted proceedings in the Federal Court against CLA Trading Pty Ltd, trading as Europcar Australia (Europcar), alleging that the following terms in Europcar’s standard vehicle rental contracts are unfair and should be...

In their recent Community Week article, our SJ Berwin colleagues have written about recent reforms in Chinese law that allow for private actions against government bodies for abuse of administrative power. The article notes that...

Our PRC colleagues Susan Ning, Kate Peng, Sarah Eder and Gao Sibo have written an interesting article on the approach that Chinese antitrust regulators may take to double jeopardy for international cartel conduct. Susan and her team...

Back in January we posted about the ACCC commencing proceedings against Reebok Australia Pty Ltd (“Reebok”). In October the Federal Court made consent orders requiring Reebok to pay a pecuniary penalty of $350,000 and comply...

On 30 October 2014, in an expedited full court hearing in the Federal Court, two sons of former NSW government minister Eddie Obeid argued their appeal of a decision confirming the validity of a compulsory...

On 30 October 2014, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) released their joint 2013-14 Annual Report. The 390-page report details the actions taken by the ACCC and AER...